Metal
Why People on TikTok Still Need to Explain #AltBlack
When I got involved in my local scene, the lack of other people of color started to grate. How I wish I had TikTok when I was younger.
Sci-Fi Metal Group Wallowing Are Making Dystopian Music For Dystopian Times
We spoke to the cosmic rockers about societal collapse, turning their record into a graphic novella, and the UK's sludge, doom and metal scenes.
Without Independent Music, I Wouldn't Have Toured the World With My Wife
In the next installation of our arts and culture column, one metalhead explains what being in a band with his other half has meant to his life.
Azerbaijan Dropped a Music Video Before Going to War With Armenia
Armenia and Azerbaijan show how a good music video can help drum up support for a war.
Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' Cover Is Accidentally Hella Black Metal
Ihsan of Emperor notes some major similarities between the covers of 'Telemark' and 'folklore,' but he's cool with it.
Photos of Moroccan Punks and Metalheads Keeping the Scene Alive
Many in the country consider metal fans to be "devil worshippers". They're also photographer Joseph Ouechen's favourite subjects.
‘We’ll Make Our Own Weird Scene’: San Antonio’s St. Mary’s Strip Always Did It Their Way
Live bands and their dedicated fans created and maintained the city’s satellite music scene in the pre-internet era.
Heavy Metal Rains From the Sky of this Exoplanet
WASP-76b, located 640 light years away, is so absurdly hot that iron vapor condenses into rainstorms on its nightside.
Deafheaven Is the Artist of the Decade
The black metal crossover band sounds the way life in the 2010s felt: filled with turmoil, but interspersed with moments of beauty.
Twenty-Five Years Later, Korn Are Still 'in This for Life'
Ahead of their new album 'The Nothing,' the nü-metal pioneers reflect on their massively successful career—and why they don't want to be a nostalgia act.
Medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Will Be Made From Recycled Phones
Nothing like being a good sport with some environmentally-conscious bling.
Metallica's New Children's Book Will Have Your Kids Sleeping With One Eye Open
'The ABCs of Metallica,' which is out November 26, might make you think "Enter Sandman" was foreshadowing.